QPR_FC
English expat in Vietnam
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Registration: 20 May 2020
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Skype is going to "retire." by Dannyroc3
Skype has a banner announcing they will retire in a month or so.Skype has been my go-to for making calls from any wifi when traveling with just a few dollars on the account.So now I need to find a similar service Where I can put $10 in the account ...
Skype has brought the decommissioning date forward by a week and is now due to cease on 5th May 2025 Read More
Cost of Electricity in Vietnam by OceanBeach92107
"Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has announced an increase in the average electricity retail price by 4.8 per cent, effective from October 11..."https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/1664805/electricity-retail-price-hiked-by-4-8-per-cent.html
@drutter 4k vnd per KWh unit Read More
Skype is going to "retire." by Dannyroc3
Skype has a banner announcing they will retire in a month or so.Skype has been my go-to for making calls from any wifi when traveling with just a few dollars on the account.So now I need to find a similar service Where I can put $10 in the account ...
Skype ends on 12th May 2025. New subscription packages have already ended.Existing subscription packages can still be used until 12th May. Any credit remaining on 12th May will NOT be refunded. I am looking for a replacement service too as I've ... Read More
Whats the solution for ants in VN by Dannyroc3
Jeez, I hate to ask such a petty question but- when I arrived in VN I assumed mosquitoes would be a problem, but that turned out to be no problem (at least I'm my area) the bigger aggravation is the tiny ants.At the first hotel I stayed at (4th ...
@Aidan in HCMC I recently discovered this product and it cleared the ants in my apartment within a couple of hours and they haven't returned since (2 months). I bought mine on Shopee / Lazada for 30k I don't think I can attach a photo here but the ... Read More
Cost of Electricity in Vietnam by OceanBeach92107
"Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has announced an increase in the average electricity retail price by 4.8 per cent, effective from October 11..."https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/1664805/electricity-retail-price-hiked-by-4-8-per-cent.html
I'm consistently in level 5 (350-380 kWh per month) A couple of months ago my landlady said that the until prove of electricity would increase immediately from 3500 to 4000 vnd per unit. I explained that my signed yearly lease meant that you ... Read More
IDP 1949 not recognized by the Vietnamese police by TyNg
During my recent trip to Vietnam, I was stopped by the Vietnamese police and learned that my IDP 1949 is not valid in Vietnam. Are there solutions to this problem, besides getting an IDP 1968 which is not possible for a US citizen? thanks!
@TyNgI have my 'home' drivers licence officially translated and notarised in Vietnam.Then go to the local government building with passport and original drivers licence to have a Vietnamese drivers licence issued, cost 200k plus ... Read More
New and Improved E-Visa Site (?) by OceanBeach92107
Hopefully the e-Visa website upgrade scheduled for November 11th will be a great improvement.According to the linked article, that's the government's ...
@OceanBeach92107Well I just had the unfortunate experience of needing to renew my TRC (TT) via the new Public Service Portal.Firstly, only my wife can login as she has the all important ID Card which it hinges off. I tried to register using my ... Read More
Internet Speeds - Fiber Optic availablity? by Brian999
Hello everyone! I will be coming to stay and live in Rach Gia later this year. My work requires dependable high speed internet. While I have visited VN many times, I have noticed that most hotels and "home-stays" are very "hit and miss" ...
It doesn't matter what internet package speed you choose as that is only guaranteed for browsing within Vietnam. As others have said it's the undersea cables and the Vietnamese government firewall that causes the bottleneck. Read More
Naltrexone/Natrex by sanderenter
Does anyone know where I can purchase Naltrexone in Vietnam? I haven't been able to find it in the Central area but I'm willing to make the trip to a larger city if I can find it. I can have it sent from USA but it takes a while and ...
I realise that this is an old post but did anybody find Naltrexone in Da Nang? Read More
Procedure - update new passport number by gajjala333
Hi good morning. I am living in Vietnam over a long period. I have a valid TRC with old passport number. but one week before I renewed my passport, how can I move forward to update new passport number into the existing valid TRC? could you please ...
Interesting as my TRC expires exactly 6 months before my passport does. I understood that the TRC validity will be the sooner of a) passport expiry minus 6 months or b) TRC length requested (2, 3 years) Read More
REGISTER VIETNAMESE PHONE NUMBER WITH PHOTO I.D. by goodolboy
Sitting having morning coffee as usual with some Vietnamese friends & two of them were working together on their phones taking like selfies. Now this being something I very rarely see them doing I was curious to understand what they were doing ...
A couple of years ago I had an issue with my Mobifone service in that I stopped receiving international SMS (the issue was bank related OTP required to login online).They noticed that my SIM was registered to a Vietnamese person and insisted that it ... Read More
Does your Vietnamese wife do this? by gobot
Since I have only had one Vietnamese wife, I often attribute her unusual behavior to ALL Vietnamese. Help me out guys, and Vietnamese who are lurking here too. Is this normal? Is it just her? Got other examples?1. "The man enters ...
@OceanBeach92107 Provide your address and I'm sure that my Mrs will be around to pick some :) Read More
Banks with the largest ATM Withdrawal Limits by GuestPoster2469
Can somebody please tell me which banks offer the highest ATM withdrawal amount (so I can cut down on fees)? My understanding is that the fees I will be charged if I take money out from an overseas debit card are the local bank's ATM fee, a margin ...
My Australian ING debit card allows 3m vnd from almost all bank ATMs except HSBC, where I can get 8m vnd per transaction.The fees are the same no matter what ATM I use. Read More
Vietnamese Name order by lightinumbrella4
Hello everyone,I'd like to know how to address a Vietnamese colleague via email when they are using three names? For example: 1Vu name2 name3 . Is the order similar to Chinese when the last name is presented first? For example is VU the ...
@paulmsn I'm forever getting the name order wrong whenever buying a flight ticket for my gf.The airline websites ask for a particular order and then print the ticket in a totally different order. They even get my first and middle names ... Read More
E-visa approval issue by toufas
Hi everyone, I am already 3 months in Vietnam with two visa runs in Lao Bao. I applied for a 3rd time for new visa last Friday, got no reply within 3 working days as usual and after checking the immigration website, my application was not ...
When I looked at the eviisa application website to assist my elderly friend with their application it clearly stated two rules. 1. Applicant must be a foreigner (not Vietnamese) 2. The application can only be made whilst the applicant is ... Read More